Police report.

Police on Thursday said they were seeking leads in a...

April 23, 1999

Wheeling — Police on Thursday said they were seeking leads in a robbery that yielded about $95,000 worth of diamonds Tuesday night. A 51-year-old local man said two robbers took 56 diamonds from him as he pulled into his garage in the 300 block of Forestway Lane, police said. The victim, a courier, told police he picked up the diamonds at an undisclosed town in Wisconsin and pulled into his garage at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Once inside, he was reportedly confronted at the driver's side window by a masked robber holding a metal pipe who allegedly told him, "Don't even think of moving," police said. At that point, a second person allegedly smashed the passenger window, grabbed a bag containing the diamonds and fled on foot with the other robber, police said. The victim said he chased the robbers, who were clad in dark clothing, to a white four-door vehicle, possibly a late-1990s Pontiac Grand Am, parked facing north in the 200 block of Shadow Bend Drive. The car sped from the scene and was never located by police. "It's possible the victim was followed, or it's possible (the robbers) picked up a pattern in his behavior and were waiting for him," said Wheeling Deputy Police Chief Michael Hermes.